Warriors Don't Cry Lesson Plan

What was the crisis in Little Rock in 1957? Summarize the events from Chapter 1 leading up to the desegregation of Central High.

The crisis in Little Rock was a violent civil rights conflict. Three years prior, the Supreme Court had ruled in Brown v. The Board of Education, ending segregation in U.S. public schools. When the schools were set to integrate, the Governor of Arkansas defied the ruling by sending National Guardsmen to Central High and preventing the nine Black students from entering the school. Court cases proceed to delay the Black students' start date by three weeks. Eventually, President Eisenhower confronted Governor Faubus with the famous 101st Airborne...